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E. P. MORRIS.

SEED PLANTER.

No. 256,724. Patented Apr.18,1882.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD P. MORRIS, OF GLADE HILL, VIRGINIA.

SEED-PLANTER.

SPECIFIC ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,724, dated April18, 1882.

Application filed January 5, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD P. MORRIS, ofGlade Hill,in the county of Franklin and State of Virginia, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Seed-Planters, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to seed-planters; and its object is to provide acheap and simple planter which may be drawn by one horse.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective, and Fig. 2 aplan view, of my improved seed-planter. Fig. 3 is a detail.

The frame-work of the planter consists of the central beam, A, thebranching side beams, B, and the handles 0, made like those of a plow.The beams A and B are curved downward at their rear ends, and providedwith bolts for securing plows thereto. The handles and side beams aresecured to the beam A by suitable bolts, and the rear ends of thebandles are supported by braces D, secured to the side beams. With thisconstruction the beam A supports the opening-plow, and the side beams,B, which project rearward, support the two covering-plows.

Upon the left side beam, B, is secured a standard, E, having a verticalslot therein, in which is secured a sliding bearing, F, for supportingone end of the shaft G carrying the seed-dropping wheel H.

Between the bearing F and the upper end of the slot is secured a spiralspring, I, which shall be strong enough to hold the bearing down, and toyield under pressure when necessary.

On the right side beam is secured a slotted standard, J,baving anoscillating bearing,

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K, secured therein, which shall allow the op- 0 or stones withoutthrowing the plows out of the ground.

A suitable hopper, M, is located over the seed-wheel H and supportedupon the shaft G. To allow the hopper to be moved with the shaftwithoutdisplacement, it is connected to a crossrod, N, attached to thehandles by means of a slotted bar, 0. The hopper is thus suspended bymeans of the rod N, which passes through the slot in the bar 0, while itrests upon the shaft G and moves with the shaft as the wheel passes overobstructions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a seed-planter, of a shaft for the seed-droppingwheel, which is adapted to oscillate vertically at one end, and a hopperwhich is supported upon the shaft and connected to a cross rod above itby means of a slotted bar, to allow the hopper to oscillate with theshaft, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, in a seedplanter, ofthe shaft G, havingseed-dropping wheel H, the slotted standard E, having elastic slidingbearing F, the slotted standard J, having oscillat ing bearing K, thedriving-wheel L, and a suitable frame-work having opening and coveringplows, substantially as shown and described.

EDWARD P. MORRIS.

IVitnesses:

Ms. J. GARPER, GEO. H. T. GREEK.

